Sharing of ARVs sends shockwaves

Reports from various parts of the country indicate that some patients on anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment share ARVs with their friends and even foreign partners who, under government policy, cannot be enrolled for treatment.
Yesterday, a phone call to Tutume Primary Hospital revealed that even though this behaviour was first alleged to be between locals and foreigners, it is actually Batswana who share the pills among themselves. 

"I cannot deny that locals share drugs with foreigners, but what we have established is that Batswana share the medicines with their neighbours, relatives and friends," said Rakubu Kagisano, an ARV nurse at Tutume Primary Hospital.